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Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator

Single-player restaurant simulation mixing hands-on cooking with kitchen management

Cyanide Studio · Published by Nacon · Released Feb 23, 2023

Simulation

Reviews
Very Positive
81% of 2,432
Recent reviews
Very Positive
80% of 95 in 30 days
Players
307
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
2 years ago
Apr 19, 2024
Minimum PC
HD 5750
6 GB RAM · 7 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator?

A single-player restaurant simulation structured around preparing for and completing services. You choose recipes, buy ingredients, organize staff and equipment, then chop, cook, and plate orders while tracking finances and customer expectations as you grow a local café toward fine dining.

For you if...

  • +you want hands-on cooking alongside restaurant management
  • +you enjoy unlocking recipes and customizing plated dishes
  • +you prefer adjustable pressure and a slower pace

Not for you if...

  • −you want multiplayer restaurant service
  • −you want cooking without staff, supplier, or financial management
  • −you dislike juggling multiple dishes during busy services

What players say

81% of 2,432 reviews are positive · 80% of 95 in the last 30 days

Players praise the involved cooking process, recipe variety, flexible plating, and mix of kitchen work with restaurant management. Common complaints cite clunky keyboard-and-mouse controls and unresolved quest, recipe, audio, and performance bugs, including soft locks; players say problems introduced around the latest DLC and patch remain unfixed.

Players over time

▲ +102% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 414 players on Oct 17, 2026.

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Nov 1, 2026371
Oct 31, 2026345
Oct 30, 2026258
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Oct 25, 2026310
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Oct 20, 2026298
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Oct 13, 2026117
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Oct 10, 2026109
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Oct 7, 2026129
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Oct 3, 2026106
Oct 2, 2026103
Oct 1, 2026120
Sep 30, 2026104
Sep 29, 2026117
Sep 27, 2026125
Sep 26, 2026127
Sep 25, 2026105
Sep 24, 202698
Sep 23, 2026176
Sep 23, 202696
Sep 22, 202687
Sep 21, 202691

How many players finish Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator?

1.0% of Steam players have unlocked «A Star is Born», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator screenshot 1

Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator system requirements

Minimum: HD 5750, 6 GB RAM, 7 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4100
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB or Intel HD Graphics 630
Memory
6 GB RAM
Storage
7 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD FX-8350
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Memory
6 GB RAM
Storage
7 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
40
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, In-app purchases
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

Does Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

4 DLC available.

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